Cunningham v. Mayor of Cambridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on January 5, 1916, for a writ of mandamus as described in the opinion. The case came on to be heard upon the pleadings and agreed facts before DeCourcy, J., who, at the request of the parties, reported it for determination by the full court.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The petitioner, who is the commissioner of public safety of the city of Cambridge, seeks by this petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, who is the mayor of the same city, to refrain from attempting to remove him from his office. The petitioner was appointed for a term not yet expired, under the authority of St. 1912, c. 611, by § 2 of which the mayor was empowered to "remove the commissioner for cause, after a hearing.” The respondent is undertaking to make the removal by virtue of the supposed authority of that act. At the State election in 1915, the voters of Cambridge…
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